Pluralist democracy

Democracy with more than one system of power
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In the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970 - 1979), a pluralist democracy is described as a political system where there is more than one center of power.[1]

Modern democracies are by definition pluralist as they allow freedom of association; however, pluralism may exist without democracy.[2] In a pluralist democracy, individuals achieve positions of formal political authority by forming successful electoral coalitions.

Such coalitions are formed through a process of bargaining among political leaders and subleaders of the various organizations within the community. It is necessary to form electoral coalitions; this gives the organizational leaders the ability to present demands and articulate the viewpoints of their membership.[3] Hamed Kazemzadeh, a pluralist from Canada, believes that pluralist democracy means a multitude of groups, not the people as a whole, can govern, direct, and manage societies as an ethic of respect for diversity.

References

  1. ^ "Theory of Pluralistic Democracy". TheFreeDictionary. 3rd Edition: The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 1970–1979. Retrieved 4 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ The Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science by F Bealey, 1999
  3. ^ Kazemzadeh, Hamed (January 2020). "Hamed Kazemzadeh: Democratic platform in Social Pluralism". Internal Journal of Acpcs, Winter No.10.

External links

  • "The Political Theory of Pluralist Democracy", article by Claude J. Burtenshaw (The Western Political Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Dec., 1968), pp. 577–587, University of Utah)
  • "Pluralist Democracy", The Portfolio of Hamed Kazemzadeh Perso-Canadian Orientalist and Pluralist.
  • "A Pluralist Democracy", article by Göran Rosenberg (Eurozine, 27 November 2001)
  • "Pluralist Model", article by ThinkQuest Team 26466: Eric Barr, Taylor Rankin, and John Baird (A More Perfect Union project, for students by students)


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